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IGN's Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings review - Another impressive DS epic

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings isn't some blockbuster epic of a game that'll rocket the DS RPG genre into legendary status. If you're looking for the traditional FF experience, you'll find that with XII on PS2. What Revenant Wings offers, however, is the next step in the story, complete with some inspiring music, beautiful visuals, impressive CGI, and some innovative RTS-like gameplay.

IGN have got a few gripes with the design, as units will often bunch together, enemy AI still isn't too bright, and the linear feel makes it easy to stock up on units and then run your blob of fighters from beginning to end with little challenge – at least during the first half of the game – but as an overall product Revenant Wings is nothing short of impressive. There are tons of side quests and hunts in the game, a huge amount of RPG depth in items, equipment, and skills, and an overwhelming amount of fan service for those that can't get enough from the FFXII world.

Overall score: 8.3/10

Shaka2K65999d ago

Put it on PSP and just beacuase im a huge FF fan i may buy it.

Danja5999d ago

dude im a 100% Sony supporter but the DS is cool..and it has some really cool.RPG's and im definetly gonna pick this up..cuz I actually enjoyed FF12 alot...

Padre5999d ago

Another DS game that's basically better than every PSP game. No surprise for me.

Danja5999d ago

hey cliffy uhh I mean Padre..haha ok the PSP actually has a more solid game library than the DS...maybe you should pick one up..it's coolest Handheld..ever you can play any freaking game from the past on this thing something no other Handheld..or console can do ..!

Shaka2K65999d ago

The only decent game on n-ds is children of mana but the graphics suck bad its just a modified gba with two screens and i already have one.
the touch screen is useless too, what was nintendo thining when they added that no wonder PSP destroys it sale-wise.

eyeballpauluk5999d ago

ff12 is actually really good for teh DS...im on chapter 2 now...

i must say, its not as hard or involving as other F games, but its perfect for a handheld game...lots of short bursts which is what gaming on teh go should be

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Final Fantasy XII Keeps Getting Re-Released, But Where Is Its Handheld Spinoff?

Revenant Wings made significant, brave changes to the Final Fantasy formula and it's for that reason that it should be reintroduced to the fanbase.

Godmars290970d ago

Likely can't make a proper gocha out of it.

Inverno970d ago

Square couldn't be bothered remaking the DS KH games for the collections so it's safe to say they won't bother with this game ever again

FallenAngel1984970d ago

They ported The World Ends With You to two other devices so there’s always a possibility even if it’s small

-Foxtrot970d ago

I love how we never got a nice little sequel/prequel for VIII or IX but somehow XII and XIII did...boggles my mind

Magic_Spatula970d ago

Maybe Square didn't deem them good enough to have a continuation? Also, wasn't XIII planned as a 3 part series from the beginning?

-Foxtrot970d ago

But XII was?

I liked XII, don't get me wrong but if VIII and IX wern't good enough then I don't know how XII was

I think FF13 was planned as one when they wanted to milk the shit out of it after launch, using cut assets

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6 Final Fantasy Sequels That You Didn't Know Existed

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